With my ties to the Kentucky Derby, I can appreciate a good horse race. I just wasn’t expecting one in Need for Speed: Underground 2.
Somebody modded Umamusume into the game, which means you an spend half the night tuning a Civic and still get passed by an anime horse girl on foot. If I’m putting money on that race, I’m betting on the horse girl. The guy in the Civic is still picking out his underglow.
If you’ve never played Umamusume, it reimagines racehorses as anime girls who run competitively. Underground 2 is the game where you can spend half the night customizing your Civic. Somebody got a wild hair up their ass and decided those two groups needed to meet. I don’t know who asked for it, but I’m glad whomever made it didn’t wait for an answer.
Some of the crew loved it. Others said they’d watch a friend play for a bit, laugh, and move on. Chieftain thought it was ridiculous, which is fair. Then they started talking about bringing back Road Rash, a game where you can hit somebody while riding a motorcycle. So apparently we do have standards. I’m just having a hard time figuring out what they are.
The crew also got into how serious racing setups have gotten. You can buy the wheel, the pedals, the seat, and spend an entire evening getting everything just right. And, look, I understand the appeal. I’d still rather watch somebody with all that equipment explain why they just lost to a girl who showed up in sneakers.
Would I play it? Maybe. Would I watch Chieftain play it after hearing him call it stupid? Absolutely. I’d like to hear his thoughts again after the first race.
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